'Just business': After months of political battles, party leaders all smiles during preview of 2018 Minnesota Legislature

Briana Bierschbach
On Tuesday, at the start of an annual gathering of all four Minnesota legislative leaders and the governor, Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt took out his cellphone and snapped a photo of the line of reporters who had gathered in a Senate hearing room to ask questions. Then he turned the camera around on himself and DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, who was just sitting down. They wrapped their arms around each other’s shoulders and grinned for a selfie, which Daudt promptly sent out over Twitter.It was a warm moment between two men who have often been at odds over the last four years, fighting over everything from tax cuts and the state budget to how the other one conducts himself in private negotiations. “Separating...